6. Sometimes a noun will be the name for
something we can touch (e.g., lion, cake,
computer), and sometimes a noun will be
the name for something we cannot touch
(e.g., bravery, mile, joy).
7. Further Classification of NOUNS in different categories according
to definition
P – People : soldier, Asad, cousin, Frenchman.
A – Animal : rat, zebra, lion.
P – Places : house, London, factory, shelter.
A – Action : cooking, barking, reading, listening.
M – Measure : - inch - pound – ounce.
O – Objects : table - frame - printer
S – Substances : nitrogen - water – ice.
Q – Qualities : kindness - beauty - bravery - wealth – faith.
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11. Common Noun is general name for the same
kind of things, person or places.
Common Nouns are spelled in small letters.
ex: friend, city, monument.
12. A proper noun is a special name, that names a particular
person, place or thing.
A proper noun can be made up of more than one word. Ex:
Sunset Palace.
A proper noun always begins with a capital letter.
Proper noun include;
The names of days of the week: Sunday, Monday, etc.
Names of months of the year: January, May, December, etc.
13. Fleck has a friend called Roy.
CN PR
Bandung is a beautiful city.
PN CN
The Sunset Palace is an old monument.
PN CN
K-2 is one of the higest mountain in Pakistan.
PN CN
16. abstract noun is a noun that refers to a quality, idea or
feeling. It is a thing that we cannot see or touch, but can
only think of, hear or feel it.
Example: Honesty – refers to quality of a person.
Belief – refers to idea of a person.
Joy – it is on of kind filling of a person.
Another example: bravery, strength, patience, happiness,
kindness, friendship, knowlege, etc.
18. Abstract nouns often formed from adjectives, verbs
and common nouns.
We add suffixes to form abstract nouns.
◦ Example:
Dark + ness = darkness
Adjectives N. suffixes abstract noun
Observe + action = observation
Verb N. suffixes abstract noun
King + ship = king ship
C. Noun N. Suffixes abstract noun
19. Common Noun Suffix Abstract Noun
Poet ry Poetry
Human Nity Humanity
Leader ship Leadership
20. Verb Suffix Abstract Noun
realise tion realisation
punish ment punishment
deny al denial
23. A concrete noun is a noun that refers to a
thing that we can both see or touch.
Example : boy, lion, car, tree.
Awais likes to drink coffie
Proper Noun concrect nouns
25. Material noun is a substance, a material or an ingredient
we can see and touch which is used for making things.
Example : gold, coal, wheat, rubber, etc.
Material Noun ussually uncountable noun.
Example : This window is made of glass.
Common Noun Material Noun
Material noun become a common noun if
there is an article berfore it. e.g.
The glass.
Or the Noun is in the plural ex: glasses
26. Metal : iron, gold, platinum, etc.
Products measured in bulk : tea, sugar, rice, wheat, etc.
Geological bodies : mud, sand, granite, rock, etc.
Natural phenomena : rain, dew, clod, frost, mist, etc.
Items manufactured : clothes, soap, rubber, paint, etc.
27. Honesty is the best policy.
Abstract Noun
Diamond is known for its hardness.
Abstract Noun
Jack bought a car.
concrete noun
The cakes are decorated.
Concrete noun
The cupboard is made of iron.
Material noun
My mother made some delicious honey candies.
Material noun
28. Compound noun is a noun formed by
combining two or more words.
Example : Uzma built a bird house
proper noun Coumpound Noun
Her grandmother live in Olive Brook
coumpound noun coumpound Noun
29. Compound noun maybe written as one word.
Example : birdhouse – bird + house
postcard – post + card
waterfall – water + fall
football – foot + ball
blackboard- black + board
30. A compound noun maybe written as separate
words.
Example : fire station
United Kingdom
board of member
31. A coumpound noun may also be written with hyphens
joining the words.
Example : great-grandmother
five-year-old
twenty-one
mother-in-law
court-matrial
paper-clip
33. A noun, such as a herd of litter, wich is the name of a
group or collection of the same kind of person, animals
or things, i called a collective noun.
Example : Uncle Jim has a herd of cows.
collective noun
The dog gave birth to a litter of puppies.
collective noun
34. A flock of sheep a set of tools
collective noun CN collective noun CN
A crowd of people a fleet of ships
collective noun CN collective noun CN
35. A Collective noun can be used by it self or
along with the noun that it is made up of.
Example :
The choir cheered for the group of singers
collective noun collective noun common noun
by it self along with noun
36. A single Collective Noun can be used for different
nouns.
Example : bunch
A bunch of flowers
CV. N CN
A bunch of grapes
CV. N CN
A bunch of keys
CV. N CN
37. Two different collective noun can be used for a
single noun.
Example :
A bunch of flowers
A bouquet of flowers
Bunch and bouquet refers to groups of flowers.
